Cureus

Cureus · ISSN (print) 2168-8184 · 1,300 papers in corpus
A Naturalistic, Non-interventional Investigation of the Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics and Prescription Patterns in Patients With Psychotic Disorders at a Tertiary Care Facility in South Asia
A Rare Cause of Pediatric Small Bowel Obstruction: Congenital Rectouterine Hernia
Cesarean Scar Defect (Isthmocele) and Secondary Infertility: A Systematic Review of Reproductive Significance
Delayed Umbilical Extrusion of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Following Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Case Report
Diagnostic Accuracy of Endometrial Aspiration Cytology Compared With Histopathology in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Staging Endometrial Carcinoma: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study
Diagnostic Terminology and Clinical Practice in Interstitial Ectopic Pregnancy: A Five-Year Clinical Audit
Effect of Short Agonist Stop (SAS) Protocol in a Patient Having an Allergic Reaction From Conventional Ovarian Stimulating Hormone
From Unexplained Iron-Deficiency Anaemia to Ileo-Ileal Intussusception: A Case Report of Primary Small Bowel Leiomyosarcoma
Giant Isthmocele With a Large, Degenerated, False Broad Ligament Fibroid and Its Diagnostic Dilemmas: The Use of the Halloween Sign
Hypothyroidism Versus Hyperthyroidism in Patients With Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: An Observational Study
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis From Oligometastatic Melanoma of Unknown Primary Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Laparoscopic Endometriosis Phenotypes and Preoperative Non-suspicion of Endometriosis in Women With Superficial Disease: A Retrospective Study in Kinshasa
Left-Sided Sciatic Nerve Endometriosis Presenting As Chronic Thigh Pain and Muscle Atrophy: A Case Report
Magnitude of Thyroid Disorders in Patients with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction Masquerading as Benign Inflammatory Disease in a Young Male: A Cautionary Tale of Diagnostic Delay
Missed Until Found: Diagnosis and Hysteroscopic Management of a Uterine Septum in a Woman With Primary Infertility
Postoperative Fibro-Inflammatory Pseudocyst of the Vesicouterine Space Mimicking a Chronic Hematoma: A Case Report
Prevalence and Pattern of Thyroid Dysfunction Among Women of Reproductive Age With Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Prospective Observational Study
Primary Periumbilical Endometriosis Mimicking Umbilical Hernia in a 37-Year-Old Woman: A Report of a Rare Case
Transverse Colon Injury During Initial Umbilical Access for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Presumed Bowel Tethering by Omental Adhesions to the Abdominal Wall
Unusual Vascular Claudication in a Seronegative Patient: Raynaud's Phenomenon or Atypical Buerger Disease
case-report 2026
Abdominal Cocoon Syndrome Masquerading as Intussusception on Computed Tomography: A Case Report
doi:10.7759/cureus.113001 ·PMID:42621381

Abdominal cocoon syndrome (ACS), also known as sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis (SEP), is a rare cause of mechanical small bowel obstruction characterized by partial or complete encasement of the small bowel within a fibrocollagenous me…

case-report 2026
A Case of Ascending Colon Stricture Following Appendicitis with Abscess Formation
doi:10.7759/cureus.110564 ·PMID:42434682

Colonic stricture secondary to appendicitis is exceptionally rare. We report a unique case of ascending colon stricture developing one year after treatment for complicated appendicitis in a patient on long-term hemodialysis. A 68-year-old m…

case-report 2026
A Case of Spontaneous Umbilical Endometriosis
doi:10.7759/cureus.107516 ·PMID:42181319

Umbilical endometriosis, also known as Villar's nodule, is an atypical manifestation of endometriosis. We present a rare case of spontaneous Villar's nodule in a young, nulliparous woman with no history of abdominal surgery or trauma who ha…